THOUGHTS:

Well folks, we had a very close call, the Cowboys gave the Bengals quite the scare and jeopordized their (im) Perfect season.  But, luckily, the Bengals stepped up and did what they needed to do.  It was a great effort by all including the coaching staff, but I am a little disappointed by the offensive line play...I mean, not giving up a sack until the last desperate dirvie...What's up with that?  As always, Marvin did a great job in his press conference, letting the fans get an inside look at what the implosion may look like from his view.  I think we are all relieved to see Marvin just wants to keep doing what they are doing!  Next up, the Jets...and I am a little worried even though they put up 54 a couple weeks ago...but more on them Friday.

Tootin My Horn and Eating Crow:

...and lots of it...OK, OK, my NFL picks were terrible last week and I am not even going to waste space re-posting my rationales.

I picked Baltimore over Tennessee, Philly over the Skins, Jax over Pitt, and an upset special of Detroit over Chicago.

My regular 3 picks were at least close, but like they say, "close only counts in horse shoes and hand grenades." I was just totally wrong on thinking Detroit would do anything and as I told Chris in Cambridge, I will never pick Detroit again!

Can somebody just set me up a crow buffet, please, $4.99/lb.

Now since I had all my NFL picks go awry, I will TOOT MY HORN for correctly picking all of MLB's LCS entrants...that would be the Rays, Sox, Phils, Dodgers.  Now as I stated before, I still have the Dodgers and Rays coming out of their leagues but I've got the Rays going from "worst to first" to win the whole darn thing!

"Powerless Rankings"

You've heard of power rankings, well starting now, I will give you my "Powerless" rankings of the League's 5 worst teams, I'm not sure any explanation is needed so I'll keep it short and sweet (My methodology has a madness and it is objective):

1.  Rams
2.  Lions
3.  Bengals
4.  Texans
5.  Chiefs

All I can say is the Bengals are going to have to step it up to get past the Rams and Lions.  (Is it possible after all these years without seeing one 0-16 team we see two or more in the same season?)  The Bengals are going to have to put forth a better "effort" against the NFC East to get at the top spot. 

Movie Recommendation:

From the creator of The Royal Tannenbaums,(which I will recommend in the future), Wes Anderson,  comes:

   The Darjeeling Limited

This film is a quirky delightful story, with Owen Wilson playing an overprotective big brother. Three brothers go on a journey in India to find themselves and their relationship after their father passes away.  I like films shot in India, and the Indian actors are excellent.  The movie has a great story and is well acted...its got funny, and its got dramatic urgency as well, with one portion being surprisingly sad, but as in real life, great triumph comes from that sad event.  The film ends in a great way.  The story of self-discovery never gets old for me, so I give this one a strong "check it out."   Be advised, the movie is not for children, although it may look innocent enough.

Sidenote: I forgot to mention there is a side story/short movie, The Hotel Chevalier, that is somewhat integral to the Darjeeling that you have to watch on the DVD, don't skip it.  Plus it's got Natalie Portman's bare bottom...ooooweeee!

Check back later in the week for the Jets preview and see if the Bengals will be "up" to the task against Brett Favre...I think so!